Cardinals Down #26 Salisbury

Mar 14, 2007

Cardinals Down #26 SalisburyCUA improves to 1-1 in conference play

3/14/2007

WASHINGTON - Catholic University baseball used strong fielding
to get the 5-1 victory over the #26 Salisbury Sea Gulls (13-2, 1-1
CAC) Wednesday afternoon. The Cards rebounded from a tough
12-2 loss at the hands of the Sea Gulls last Saturday improving
their record to 1-1 in Capital Athletic Conference play.

The CUA pitchers allowed Salisbury to make contact while the
Cardinal defense cleanly fielded each ball to get the easy
out. The outfield combined for 14 put outs in a game that
only saw 36 batters. On the offensive end Catholic University
scored a pair of runs in both the third and fourth to take a
comfortable lead. Matthew Rosner (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry
Hill West) had two RBI in the third when he hit a long double that
drove in Sean Earley (Pequannock, N.J./Pequannock Township) and
Pedro Rivera (Fort Hood, Texas/Paint Branch). In the next
inning, Patrick Quintana (Denver, Colo./Littleton) had a pair of
RBI of his own after knocking a two-run homer out of the park.

Salisbury managed one run in the fifth but with every Cardinal
pitching change came a new arsenal to stymie the Sea Gull
batters. CUA's final run of the day came in the eighth after
Rivera got a hit and was methodically sent around the bases finally
crossing the plate on a Quintana sacrifice fly. That run made
the final 5-1 in favor of the Cards.

CUA had five hits to Salisbury's seven with Rivera going 1-2 and
Quintana going 1-1. Quintana collected three RBI for the game
as well. On the mound, the five CUA pitchers had just two
total strikeouts but only walked three. The Salisbury corps
combined for four strikeouts and two walks for the game.

The Cards are back in action on Saturday at Villa Julie.
The game is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m.